In the wake of the epic hosing the public has taken at the hands of crashing bank system, populism is at the zeitgeist of current politicial thought in the United States. There’s the idea that there’s some vast and incoherent rage “out there” in the sticks, and the guys who successfully tap into it will [...]
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Alexis Thompson, The Velvet Underground, And Populism
Represent? Uh, Represent What?
The State of the Black Union conference is this week, and it’s always good for interesting stories, ideas, and controversies. Dr. Trisha Rose was the most interesting person so far - she’s a professor at Brown University who’s leading a discussion on the relationship between economics and hip-hop. When the conversation turned to how important [...]
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John McLaughlin and Tough Acts To Follow
In order to keep the momentum of a show, a great opening act has to go out every night and walk a tightrope, striking the fine balance between drawing the crowd’s interest and stoking their excitement for the guys coming on after them and blowing them out of the water and making them look bad. [...]
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Excerpts From The Post-Musical Society
Peter Gabriel drops out of the Oscars, Fred Durst comes back to
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How To Crash A Party
Remember that song where the guy says “I wanna be welcomed, not just tolerated”?No?It would be nice to live in a pure meritocracy, where simply having the best ideas or the best songs or popular support would instantly elevate you to notoriety. But more often than not, the most powerful institutions - in music, in [...]
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You Have To Be Kidding Me.
Joaquin Phoenix. WTF?
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An En Pursuit Update.
Remember our article on En Pursuit? Well, if you’d like to listen to their demo in full quality, here’s the place to go.http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OQXHZIRZ
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